How I Learned Geography is an autobiographical story. It holds lessons for every age: forgiveness, resilience, and the power of imagination. It transports readers and listeners to another time with new places and cultures. It gives parents a vehicle for gently introducing the concepts of poverty and war.

The Caldecott Honorawardees don’t always have rich vocabulary, but this one has deep words to accompany the deep themes it conveys. Buy this one. Read it to your babies, read it again when they’re elementary-aged, then again when they reach pre-teen, and again to your teens. There are layers upon layers to learn from this incredible and challenging book.

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I am a speech-language pathologist. I have 25 years of experience working in varied settings including schools, hospitals and private practice. I specialize in literacy and early intervention.
I am passionate about empowering communities, children and caregivers to be excellent communicators. Reading, writing, listening and speaking are powerful skills worth nurturing. I love helping people implement research-based techniques to maximize personal growth and reach individual goals.
Curiosity about what tools and information exist, how families use books and what additional information they need and want drives me. I search for great books and information in hopes of understanding and contributing to the growth of the field of emergent literacy and family empowerment.